BJP misusing CBI, no Moral rights to Demand George’s Resignation – Ramanath Rai

BJP misusing CBI, no Moral rights to Demand George’s Resignation – Ramanath Rai

Mangaluru: “The Congress government led by CM Siddaramaiah has fulfilled 155 promises out of the 168 made during the 2013 elections. But when BJP was in power in Karnataka, they had failed to fulfill the promises. Now the BJP cannot digest the achievements of the Congress and is trying to create confusion among the people by continuously lying to the people. In the DySP Ganapati suicide case, the BJP is demanding the resignation of Minister George. The BJP is misusing the CBI because when UPA government was in power the same BJP was calling the CBI as “Congress Bureau of Investigation” when the UPA government handed over any case to CBI. Now the intellectual people of this state should think of how the BJP is misusing the CBI”, said the District Minister In-charge B Ramanath Rai in a press meet held at the DCC office here on October 30.

Addressing the mediapersons Ramanath Rai said, “When Congress was in power, the BJP did not allow to implement 18 % of the GST but now they have adopted 28% GST. The demonetization of notes did not help to solve any problems. In fact, the BJP is helping the mining baron Janardhan Reddy in the mining case.  The BJP is trying to change the history which was written by the historians. Minister George is from the minority and the BJP is trying to find faults with Minister George because he is doing a wonderful job. Minister George need not resign in the DySP Ganapati suicide case because during the CID investigations George had resigned from the post. After the CID investigation, it was clear that George was not guilty and the Chief Minister has taken him back in the cabinet. BJP does not have any moral rights to demand George’s resignation.”

Minister Rai further said, “The mining baron Janardhan Reddy changed the Karnataka border with Andra Pradesh. We want Reddy to be punished but the BJP government is showing a soft corner towards Reddy.”

Minister Rai also said, “The accused in Vinayak Baliga murder case got VIP pass when Modi came to Dharmasthala. When the authority is issuing VIP passes they should think of whom to issue it.”

When asked about the celebration of Tipu Jayanti, Rai said, “Those who do not want to celebrate Tipu Jayanti let them not participate in the celebration. The BJP wants to create communal violence during Tipu Jayanti leading to the death of innocents. Last time Harish Poojary was killed, he did not even know why they were killing him. When the BJP prepared the dead persons’ list in DK, Harish Poojary and Vinayaka Baliga’s names were excluded in it because their own persons were involved in the killings”.

District Congress President Harish Kumar, Sashidhar Hegde, P V Mohan, Appi, Mamatha Gatti and others were also present.